Vivolyn Joan Butler, 85 of Norwalk and formally of Geneva, Iowa passed away on Tuesday, February 9, 2021, at UnityPoint Health Iowa Methodist in Des Moines, Iowa. Funeral Services will be at 2:00 pm at St. Peter’s United Church of Christ 496 Raven Avenue, Geneva, Iowa 50633 Saturday February 20, 2021 visitation will be one hour prior to service at the church. Linn’s Funeral Home Iowa Falls Chapel is assisting the family with arrangements.

Bruce Owen Theis, 73, of Hampton, passed away Friday, February 12, 2021, at Franklin General Hospital in Hampton.
Private family services will be held at a later date.

Judith Ann Swartz, 85 of Iowa Falls, Iowa passed away peacefully on Monday, February 8, 2021. at Heritage Care Center in Iowa Falls, Iowa, after her battle with cancer. The family is holding a visitation on Saturday February 13, 2021, at 1:00 p.m. at Linn’s Funeral Home Chapel 1521 Washington Ave, Iowa Falls, Iowa with a Scripture Service and Rosary at 2:00 p.m.

Kenneth Albert Keehn, 93, of Latimer, Iowa, passed away peacefully Sunday, February 7, 2021, at Franklin Country View Nursing Facility in Hampton with family by his side. 

Duane Swanson, 67, of Hampton, passed away on Wednesday, February 3, 2021 at the Hampton Hospital Hospice Center. 
A celebration of life will be held at a later date. 

Jerry Williams, 78, of Iowa Falls, passed away Saturday, January 30, 2021 at his home, under the care of Care Initiatives Hospice. Memorial mass will be 10:30 AM Saturday, February 6, 2021 at the St. Mark Catholic Church in Iowa Falls. A private family burial will be held at a later date. Visitation will be from 9:00 AM until service time on Saturday at the church.

Orlan E. Shaw, 80, of rural Spring Valley, MN, passed away Saturday, January 30, 2021, at his home. He was born in Franklin County, IA, to Joseph and Sadie (Hefte) Shaw on May 11, 1940. Orlan married his bride of 62 years, Carol (Augustus) Shaw on February 21, 1958, in Belmond, Iowa. The couple lived on various farms in Iowa and Minnesota, before settling in rural Spring Valley in 1976. 

Lynn Kenneth Reinke, 78, of Geneva, passed away Saturday, January 30, 2021, at MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center in Mason City.  He was born November 2, 1942, in Hampton, to Kenneth and Leola (Yenter) Reinke.

Nedra Pauline “Polly” Harper passed away on January 31, 2021 at her home in Coolidge, Arizona. 
 

The world lost a compassionate gentleman, Gilbert R. Muhlenbruch, age 88, who died peacefully at home on Thursday, January 28, 2021 in Grapevine, Texas.  Gil and his wife Frances had just relocated near family in Grapevine after spending over 60 years in Wappingers Falls, NY.

Donna Symens, 83, of Sheffield, IA was born August 22, 1937. She was a twin daughter of Jesse and Esther (Pals) Suntken. She received her education in Pleasant Township country school and graduated in 1955 from Belmond High School. After high school, she worked at P&G Grocery in Belmond.

Norman Edward Holm, 75, of Hampton, Iowa, passed away Monday, January 25, 2021, at his home in Hampton, with his family by his side.  He was born on February 5, 1945, in Hampton, to Norman Thygesen and Shirlee Marie (Watson) Holm.

Services will be held at a later date.

Susan Jane (Roush) Pitts, 94, of Hampton, Iowa passed away, January 27, 2021, at Franklin Country View Nursing Facility in Hampton, Iowa. She was born on March 15, 1926, to Virgil Thompson Roush and Mary Etta (Ross) Roush in rural Highland County, Ohio. Jane attended one-room school in Boston, Ohio through 8th grade. She graduated from Hillsboro High School in 1944.

Barbara Frances Brockway (Clemens) passed away from a fall, which led to a cerrebreal hemorrhage, on August 29, 2020, at the age of 87 at her home in Medina Ohio She was born on January 31, 1933 at her Grandmother’s home in Dumont, Iowa, to the late Forrest and Ruth (Hutchinson) Clemens. She lived in Cedar Rapids to age of 12 when she moved to Ohio when her father started to work in Cleveland.

James Burmester, 68, of Dumont, passed away on Thursday, January 21, 2021 at Mercy Medical Center in Mason City. Funeral service will be 10:30 a.m. on Monday, January 25, 2021 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Hampton with a come and go luncheon to follow at Maynes Grove Lodge from 12-3 p.m. Visitation was from 2-5 p.m. on Sunday, January 24 at the Sietsema-Atkinson Funeral Home in Hampton. Masks and social distancing will be required.